The mental health crisis in youth across the world is still a major issue in the 2020s, and the pandemic didn’t help. 

Sources:

• The Book - The Anxious Generation 
• The Evidence - The Anxious Generation 
• Notes and Figures PDF - The Anxious Generation 
• Four New Norms - The Anxious Generation 
• Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness - After Babel 
• Social Media and Mental Health: A Collaborative Review - Jonathan Haidt, Jean Twenge, and Zach Rausch 
• Pandemic Hurt Children’s Social Skills, Mental Health Most - Gallup 

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